Australians, New Zealanders Pay Homage to ANZAC Heroes
Each year, Australian and New Zealand gather to commemorate the anniversary of that fateful landing in Gallipoli
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On the Mark: Lionel Messi’s Last Shot at World Cup Glory
By MARK LORENZANA Argentinian soccer superstar Lionel Messi has won it all in his legendary career that has spanned almost two decades. He’s still missing an important piece of hardware in his trophy case, though, and perhaps the most important: a World Cup championship. Messi and the Argentinian National Team will get another chance at World Cup glory as they
Read moreOn the Mark: Mexico Nips Peru Thanks to Lozano Goal
By MARK LORENZANA Mexican winger Hirving “Chucky” Lozano saved his heroics for the last minute, scoring a late goal as the Mexican National Men’s Soccer Team overcame Peru, 1-0, in their international soccer friendly on the night of Saturday, Sept. 24, at the Rose Bowl Stadium in Pasadena, California. Lozano, who also plays for Italian Serie A club Napoli, anticipated
Read moreOn the Mark: Why It’s Called ‘Soccer’ in the United States
By MARK LORENZANA There has been a lot of soccer news lately. Two columns ago, I wrote about a particularly bad stretch for Mexican soccer: how the Mexican Women’s National Soccer Team went winless in the recently concluded CONCACAF W championship despite hosting the tournament here in Mexico, about how Mexico’s U-20 National Men’s Soccer Team suffered a shocking defeat
Read moreEmbassies Express Support for Mexico City’s LGBTQ+ Pride March
PULSE NEWS MEXICO A group of 13 foreign embassies and international organizations representations accredited in Mexico on Thursday, June 23, expressed their support for Mexico City’s upcoming 44th LGBTQ+ Pride March and the rights of all lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual and queer people in Mexico and around the globe. In a written statement, the embassies said that they “reaffirmed the
Read moreUS Importing Baby Formula from Mexico
PULSE NEWS MEXICO The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday, June 22, that it will import 1 million pounds of baby formula from Mexico beginning this weekend, as part of its ongoing efforts to reduce a nationwide shortage caused by the closure of the largest U.S. baby formula manufacturing plant, owned by Abbott, earlier this year. The
Read moreRenowned Italian Duo to Perform Four-Handed Piano Concert
PULSE NEWS MEXICO Mexico’s National Center for the Arts (Cenart), a subsidiary of Mexico City’s Culture Secretariat, will presents the “Concierto ‘900,” a four-handed piano concert performed by the renowned Italian duo Eleonora Spina and Michele Benignetti, on Wednesday, June 22, at 8 p.m., in the Blas Galindo Auditorium. The Spina-Benignetti Duo was created in 2013 and has been recognized
Read moreBritain Opens Free-Trade Talks with Mexico
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The British government on Friday, May 20, announced that it has begun preliminary negotiations with Mexico to establish a bilateral free-trade agreement. According to British Trade Minister Anne-Marie Trevelyan, using as a template the European Union-Mexico agreement that was negotiated over two decades ago, the United Kingdom, which ceased to be included in that
Read moreMexico’s ‘Checo’ Perez Comes in Second in Australia F1
By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican Formula 1 (F1) racer Sergio “Checo” Pérez won second place in the Australia Grand Prix race on Sunday, April 10, coming in just behind Charles Leclerc, who clinched his second win of the season on his home turf. Following unexpected engine failure and the subsequent bursting into flame of Max Verstappen’s Ferrari on
Read moreCancun to Host World’s Largest Forum on Violence against Women
By MEREL HAENEN Mexico is slated to host the world’s largest forum on violence against women in the resort city of Cancun, Quintana Roo, in September 2022. The Sexual Violence Research Initiative (SVRI) Forum, the largest global conference on violence against women and children, was inaugurated on Thursday, Dec. 9, in an international online webinar. During the event, Claudia García-Moreno,
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